Corte di giustizia UE n. 6/2026

62025TJ0041_INF Judgment of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]) of 1 July 2026 – DecoTrend v EUIPO – [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (String of lights) (Case T‑41/25) (EU design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing a string of lights – Grounds for invalidity – Failure to comply with the requirements for protection – Article 25(1)(b) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EC) No 6/2002 – No individual character – Article 6 of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002 – Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion – Article 63(1) of [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002) 1. Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – Reference to statement submitted to the Board of Appeal reproduced in the application – Inadmissibility (Statute of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of Justice, Art. 21(1), first subpara.; Rules of procedure of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], Art. 177(1)(d)) (see paragraphs 18-20) 2. EU designs – Procedural provisions – Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion – Action for invalidity – Examination restricted to the facts, evidence and arguments provided ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002, Art. 63(1)) (see paragraph 28) 3. EU designs – Surrender and invalidity – Application for a declaration of invalidity based on the existence of an earlier design – Burden of proof ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002, Arts 4 to 9 and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 29, 30) 4. EU designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Criteria for assessment ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 57, 59-62, 100-103) 5. EU designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Representation of a string of lights ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 67, 79, 80, 85, 99, 108-115, 120) 6. EU designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design – Scope – Taking into account of the goods actually marketed – Conditions ([OSCURATO:PERSONA] 6/2002, recital 12 and Arts 3(1), 4(1), 6 and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 68, 69, 75-77) Operative part [OSCURATO:PERSONA]: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders DecoTrend GmbH, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by [OSCURATO:PERSONA]; 3. Orders the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.